"Bernie" wrote in message
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On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:36:10 +0000
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote:

On 31/12/2015 10:29, Bernie wrote:
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:25:07 +0000
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote:


I remember in the 70's when 3amp power supplies cost a fortune a
local professional started producing them and selling to the local
hams...every one blew up...didn't hear much from him after
that ....


Gareth McEvans?

naw local to Glasgow....a G8 .......professional ....


Yeah, that's the bloke. He moved away and (after a bit of a struggle)
passed the morse - I wonder where he is now...

you remember who I am talking about then? ...

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:14:23 -0000
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote:


"Bernie" wrote in message
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On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:36:10 +0000
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote:

On 31/12/2015 10:29, Bernie wrote:
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:25:07 +0000
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote:


I remember in the 70's when 3amp power supplies cost a fortune a
local professional started producing them and selling to the
local hams...every one blew up...didn't hear much from him after
that ....


Gareth McEvans?

naw local to Glasgow....a G8 .......professional ....


Yeah, that's the bloke. He moved away and (after a bit of a
struggle) passed the morse - I wonder where he is now...

you remember who I am talking about then? ...


GM8D something? The shame was a bit much for him, hit the bottle? Spent
years trying to find a 'sympathetic' morse examiner so that he could
scrape a pass?

Bernie wrote:
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:14:23 -0000
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote:


"Bernie" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:36:10 +0000
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote:

On 31/12/2015 10:29, Bernie wrote:
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:25:07 +0000
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote:


I remember in the 70's when 3amp power supplies cost a fortune a
local professional started producing them and selling to the
local hams...every one blew up...didn't hear much from him after
that ....


Gareth McEvans?

naw local to Glasgow....a G8 .......professional ....


Yeah, that's the bloke. He moved away and (after a bit of a
struggle) passed the morse - I wonder where he is now...

you remember who I am talking about then? ...


GM8D something? The shame was a bit much for him, hit the bottle? Spent
years trying to find a 'sympathetic' morse examiner so that he could
scrape a pass?

Rings a bell. Did he end up having a run in with the law in the end?

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